Shaquille O'Neal
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Born
1972 (54 years old)
Newark, New JerseyPosition
Center
Status
Retired
Ethnicity
Black
Team Number
34
Height
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Weight
325 lb (147 kg)
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BasketballTeam
_Retired Basketball
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Description
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (/ʃəˈkiːl/ shə-KEEL; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as Shaq (/ʃæk/ SHAK), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. He is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg) center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time NBA champion. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and centers of all time.
After playing college basketball for the LSU Tigers, O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. He quickly became one of the best centers in the league, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992–93 and leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. After four years with the Magic, O'Neal signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three consecutive championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Amid a feud between O'Neal and his teammate Kobe Bryant, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in 2004, and his fourth NBA championship followed in 2006. Midway through the 2007–2008 season he was traded to the Phoenix Suns. After a season-and-a-half with the Suns, O'Neal was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2009–10 season. O'Neal played for the Boston Celtics in the 2010–11 season before retiring.
O'Neal's individual accolades include the 1999–2000 Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award; the 1992–93 NBA Rookie of the Year award; 15 All-Star Game selections, three All-Star Game MVP awards; three Finals MVP awards; two scoring titles; 14 All-NBA team selections, and three NBA All-Defensive Team selections. He is one of only three players to win NBA MVP, All-Star Game MVP and Finals MVP awards in the same year (2000); the other players are Willis Reed in 1970 and Michael Jordan in 1996 and 1998. He ranks 9th all-time in points scored, 6th in field goals, 15th in rebounds, and 8th in blocks. O'Neal was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team in 1996. Due to his ability to dunk the basketball and score from close range, O'Neal also ranks third all-time in field goal percentage (58.2%) and led the league in field goal percentage ten times. O'Neal was elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. He was elected to the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017. In October 2021, O'Neal was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
In addition to his basketball career, O'Neal has released four rap albums, with his first, Shaq Diesel, going platinum. O'Neal is also an electronic music producer, and touring DJ, known as Diesel. He has appeared in numerous films and has starred in his own reality shows, Shaq's Big Challenge and Shaq Vs. He hosts The Big Podcast with Shaq. He was a minority owner of the Sacramento Kings from 2013 to 2022 and is the general manager of Kings Guard Gaming of the NBA 2K League.
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 NBA 75th Anniversary Team |  _Retired Basketball | 2021 | |
 FIBA Hall of Fame | _Retired Basketball | 2017 | |
 Basketball Hall of Fame | _Retired Basketball | 2016 | |
 NBA All Star MVP |  Phoenix Suns | 2009 | |
 NBA All Star | Phoenix Suns | 2009 | |
| NBA All Star |  Miami Heat | 2007 | |
 All NBA First Team | Miami Heat | 2006 | |
| NBA All Star | Miami Heat | 2006 | |
 NBA | Miami Heat | 2006 | |
| All NBA First Team | Miami Heat | 2005 | |
| NBA All Star | Miami Heat | 2005 | |
| All NBA First Team |  Los Angeles Lakers | 2004 | |
| NBA All Star MVP | Los Angeles Lakers | 2004 | |
| NBA All Star | Los Angeles Lakers | 2004 | |
| All NBA First Team | Los Angeles Lakers | 2003 | |
| NBA All Star | Los Angeles Lakers | 2003 | |
| All NBA First Team | Los Angeles Lakers | 2002 | |
| NBA All Star | Los Angeles Lakers | 2002 | |
 NBA Finals MVP | Los Angeles Lakers | 2002 | |
| NBA | Los Angeles Lakers | 2002 | |
| All NBA First Team | Los Angeles Lakers | 2001 | |
| NBA All Star | Los Angeles Lakers | 2001 | |
| NBA Finals MVP | Los Angeles Lakers | 2001 | |
| NBA | Los Angeles Lakers | 2001 | |
 NBA scoring champion | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000 | |
| All NBA First Team | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000 | |
| NBA All Star MVP | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000 | |
| NBA All Star | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000 | |
 NBA MVP | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000 | |
| NBA Finals MVP | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000 | |
| NBA | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000 | |
| All NBA First Team | Los Angeles Lakers | 1998 | |
| NBA All Star | Los Angeles Lakers | 1998 | |
| NBA All Star | Los Angeles Lakers | 1997 | |
 Basketball Olympics Gold |  United States Basketball | 1996 | |
| NBA All Star |  Orlando Magic | 1996 | |
| NBA scoring champion | Orlando Magic | 1995 | |
| NBA All Star | Orlando Magic | 1995 | |
 FIBA World Cup | United States Basketball | 1994 | |
 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year | United States Basketball | 1994 | |
| NBA All Star | Orlando Magic | 1994 | |
 NBA Rookie of the year | Orlando Magic | 1993 | |
| NBA All Star | Orlando Magic | 1993 | |
 Associated Press Athlete of the Year |  LSU | 1991 |
Milestones
 NBA 25000 Points | Miami Heat | 2007-02-26 | |
 NBA 61 Points | Los Angeles Lakers | 2000-03-06 | |
 NBA 50 Points | Los Angeles Lakers | 1998-04-02 | |
 NBA 53 Points | Orlando Magic | 1994-04-20 |
Former Youth Teams
| LSU | 1989-1992 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
 Orlando Magic | 1992-1996 | Permanent | - | - | |
 United States Basketball | 1994-1996 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Los Angeles Lakers | 1996-2004 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Miami Heat | 2004-2008 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Phoenix Suns | 2008-2009 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Cleveland Cavaliers | 2009-2010 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Boston Celtics | 2010-2011 | Permanent | - | - |
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Statistics
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| Points | FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1994 | 144 |
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| Turnovers | FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1994 | 15 |
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| Steals | FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1994 | 9 |
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| Assists | FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1994 | 4 |
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| Rebounds | FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1994 | 68 |
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| Mins Played | FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1994 | 137 |
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| Appearances | FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1994 | 8 |
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